Shloka 25

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

नित्यमेतान्‌ नमस्यामि कृष्ण लोककरानृषीन्‌ । लोकज्येष्ठान्‌ कुलज्येष्ठांस्तमोघ्नाललोकभास्करान्‌

Transliteration

nityam etān namasyāmi kṛṣṇa lokakarān ṛṣīn | lokajyeṣṭhān kulajyeṣṭhāṁs tamo-ghnān loka-bhāskarān || śrīkṛṣṇa |

Translation

Dijo Nārada: «Oh Śrī Kṛṣṇa, inclino siempre mi cabeza con reverencia ante aquellos sabios que son artífices y sustentadores del mundo—los más eminentes entre los ancianos del mundo, los más eminentes en noble linaje—que destruyen la oscuridad de la ignorancia y, como el sol, derraman la luz del conocimiento sobre todos los seres».

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'nityam', 'definition': 'always, continually'}, {'term': 'etān', 'definition': 'these (persons)'}, {'term': 'namasyāmi', 'definition': 'I bow to, I salute with reverence'}, {'term': 'kṛṣṇa', 'definition': 'Kṛṣṇa (vocative address)'}, {'term': 'lokakarān', 'definition': 'world-makers

• those who bring about/benefit the world (loka + kara)'}, {'term': 'ṛṣīn', 'definition': 'seers, sages'}, {'term': 'lokajyeṣṭhān', 'definition': 'eldest/foremost in the world

• most venerable'}, {'term': 'kulajyeṣṭhān', 'definition': 'foremost in lineage

• best of their family/clan'}, {'term': 'tamo-ghnān', 'definition': 'destroyers of darkness (tamas = darkness/ignorance

• ghnā = slaying)'}, {'term': 'loka-bhāskarān', 'definition': 'sun of the world

• those who illumine the world (bhāskara = sun)'}, {'term': 'śrīkṛṣṇa', 'definition': 'Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kṛṣṇa
• ṛṣis (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual authority is recognized by its power to dispel ignorance and illuminate dharma; therefore, the wise cultivate humility and constant reverence toward such sages, seeing them as benefactors of the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa and offers a formal salutation to the ṛṣis, praising them as world-benefactors and as sources of knowledge-light that destroys the darkness of delusion.